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Wake Up Heavy

Wake Up Heavy is a podcast about my memories of strange horror movies from the 1970s and 1980s. I"m Mark Begley, your host. Please check out my other show Cambridge & Wishon.

tv & film film history

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18:43

WDIRT V2E1: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/01/22

This slightly sleazy, giallo-esque proto-slasher gained notoriety for starring Little Brooke Shields. But it was the anti-Catholic sentiment and shocking violence that got it condemned. Director Alfred Sole borrows from Hitchcock, throws in some Don't Look Now and tops it all off with a creepy masked killer. Enjoy![EPISODE CORRECTION: Jason Patric and Joshua John Miller are half-brothers, not step-brothers.]

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139:22

S1E6. They're still not sure it is a baby: Eraserhead...

Wake Up Heavy ·

2019/01/11

Well here it is, the season finale of Wake Up Heavy. David Lynch's 1977 seminal masterpiece Eraserhead is not only my favorite horror film it is unequivocally my single favorite film of all time. Lynch has called it, "A dream of dark and troubling things," and there is no more apt description than that. A wholly personal film, Eraserhead is a confusing conundrum of confluences that proves impossible to dissect (pun intended) unless you are David Lynch. The story itself is based on very simple, very

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26:21

2018 WUHrap Up

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/12/25

It's a last minute pseudo-year-end wrap up. Keeping things confusing by offering this up before the season finale episode 'cuz that's how I roll. Plus, it's stuff I was going to include in that EP anyway, but thought it better to pull it out to knock down the run time and get this stuff out there before year's end.Included herein are thank yous, podcast suggestions, ratings & reviews*, Patreon possibilities (and other $$$ talk), those damn stickers, the goal of WUH, a quick episode recap, and a

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49:56

S1E5. FE2-0880: Black Christmas (1974)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/12/09

It's that time of year! You know the time, when we watch Bob Clark's Holiday Classic for 24 hours. No, not THAT Holiday Classic, THIS classic! That's right, Clark's Black Christmas, the proto-slasher that, according to many, inspired John Carpenter's Halloween, and laid the bloody groundwork for one of the most popular horror sub-genres. I explore the similarities and differences between the two films, and offer up some potentially controversial theories.[EPISODE CORRECTION: The murder that the

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17:13

WUH HT: Mandy (2018)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/12/02

Hot take on a current movie I really dug. Trying to dig up the article about watching movies alone, will post when/if I find it. CHEDDAR GOBLIN RULES!! And so do The Carpenters.

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20:11

WDIRT V1E3: Deranged (1974)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/11/22

Ah, Ed Gein, that perpetual paradigm of perversion spawned myriad torrid tales of terror, including, but not limited to, Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs. His horrific happenings may have been presented in their truest and most disturbing form in this wicked number from 1974 helmed by Alan Ormsby, starring Roberts Blossom, and produced in part by Bob Clark. I think this one looked just a bit too on the nose for young Markie back in the '80s.Please check out these later

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21:42

WDIRT V1E2: Messiah of Evil (1973)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/11/12

From the screenwriting power duo who brought you Howard the Duck, it's the 1973 (or is it 1971? or maybe 1974?? or...) oddball Messiah of Evil (or Second Coming? or Revenge of the Screaming Dead? or Return of the Living Dead?? or the sublime Dead People???). Any way you slice it this is one kooky flick. If little 13-year-old Mark had laid his eyeballs on this one he might have grown up to be a weirdo! Oh, wait...

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12:34

WDIRT V1E1: The Beast Within (1982)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/11/04

Philipe Mora's films are quite varied, but they all share a certain bizarre quality. The Beast Within is no exception. I remember the box art for this one so distinctly but never took the plunge. I wish I had because it's a very unique horror film from one of the busiest years for the genre. Plus, those bladder effects!

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66:52

S1E4. Welcome to Potter's Bluff: Dead & Buried (1981)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/10/28

If I ever start a band (which, to be honest, will never happen) I already have a name for it: The Regular Rentals. Back in the '80s my sister and I would watch the same movies again and again and rarely tire of them. If we liked something we really liked something. One of the movies that made it into heavy rotation was Dead & Buried, which remains a favorite of mine to this day. Atmospheric yet violent, confusing as all get-out, with an amazing cast including Grandpa Joe, Dale Arden, a future

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74:37

S1E3. A joke on the children: Halloween III: Season...

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/10/05

October is always a special time for Horror Enthusiasts and it is no different for this guy. I watch horror movies all year long, but once October hits the juices really start flowing. Something about the change in weather--the shorter, colder, drearier days--makes warming up to a good spooky flick all the more enjoyable. I had planned to talk about Dead & Buried for October, but left it up to listeners and Halloween III won out hands down. I had fun doing this one because heck, it's a fun movie

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59:38

S1E2. You're so pretty: Tourist Trap (1979)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/09/11

It's time for a new, full episode of Wake Up Heavy. This time I tackle David Schmoeller's 1979 classic freakfest Tourist Trap. Starring pre-The Beastmaster Tanya Roberts and post-The Rifleman Chuck Connors. Do mannequins creep you out? Then you're in for a bumpy ride with this one!

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20:44

WUH: Favorite Modern Horror

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/09/01

In which Mark, your Horror Host, rattles off another list of movies that are good and that you should watch. If your mom will let you! This time though it's the newer stuff, and it's the shortest episode yet.

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28:35

WUH: Favorite Horror Sub-Genres

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/08/14

I like lists! In this mini-sode I list my favorite horror sub-genres, and I list examples of each. It's List-o-mania! (This is not a perfect or complete list, there will eventually be more listy-list eps to fill in the gaps!)

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71:58

S1E1. Warning shots are bullshit: Phantasm (1979)

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/08/12

Welcome to the first official episode of Wake Up Heavy! This is Mark, your Horror Host, with one of my all-time favorite movies, Don Coscarelli's PHANTASM. Give a listen and find out what it is that makes this gem from 1979 so darn special and why it has stuck with me for over 35 years!

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23:44

Welcome to Wake Up Heavy

Wake Up Heavy ·

2018/08/11

In this introductory episode my daughter Cleo helps me tackle some questions about the podcast and offer some insight into why horror movies intrigued me when I was young and why I still love them now.

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